Kickstart fails with error message: "ERROR reading package metadata: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: anaconda-base-<version>"

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Issue

  • Kickstart installs fail with an error message about retrieving repo metadata, e.g.:

    ERROR reading package metadata: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for
    repository: anaconda-base-200908190312
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Optional: Red Hat Network Satellite

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